自哥伦布发现新大陆之后,便有络绎不绝的欧洲移民迁移到了现今的美洲大陆。英、美文化虽有较大联系,但是经过多年来的发展,英、美两国不仅在经济上出现了较大差异,而且在文学创作上也有所不同。英、美女性作家,如玛格丽特·米切尔、简·奥斯丁、勃朗特姐妹、乔治·艾略特等所创作的杰出作品作为英、美文学史上重要的组成部分,为英、美文学在世界文学史中奠定了重要基础。然而英、美文学上的差异也带来了英、美女性作家的 Since Columbus discovered the New World, there has been a steady stream of European immigrants moving to the present-day Americas. Despite the great ties between the British and American cultures, after many years of development, not only have there been major economic differences between the United Kingdom and the United States, but they have also made some differences in literary creation. British and American women writers, such as Margaret Mitchell, Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, George Eliot and other works created by the outstanding works of English and American literature as an important part of history, for the British American literature has laid an important foundation in the history of world literature. However, the differences between English and American literature also brought the English and American female writers